GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| fleck | streak |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |